University of Georgia Athletics
Eight Bulldogs Selected in NFL Draft
April 30, 2024 | Football
DETROIT - Georgia football saw eight players drafted across the three days that the NFL Draft covered this past weekend. The program continued its streak of seven straight years with a first-round pick with tight end Brock Bowers and tackle Amarius Mims drafted on night one. The selection of Bowers continued a nation-leading sixth straight year that a Georgia tight end has been selected in the NFL Draft.
The Bulldogs finished tied for with two other schools for fourth most players drafted this year with eight.
Bowers was selected 13th overall by the Las Vegas Raiders, followed by Mims going 18th overall to the Cincinnati Bengals. Bowers was the first Georgia tight end selected in the first round since Ben Watson went 32nd overall to the New England Patriots in 2004. Mims became the fifth Georgie offensive lineman drafted in the first round in the Kirby Smart era, following up Broderick Jones (14th overall – Pittsburgh Steelers) last season.
On night two Georgia saw four more players selected, with three of the four players coming from the defensive backfield.
Junior wide receiver Ladd McConkey was selected by the L.A. Chargers as the 34th overall pick (second pick of the second round), marking the top Georgia receiver taken since A.J. Green in 2011 (fourth overall pick, Cincinnati Bengals). Next up was junior defensive back Kamari Lassiter, who went 42nd overall to the Houston Texans as the first Georgia defender to be selected, marking the Texans' first Bulldog selected since 2012. Lassiter's backfield teammate, junior Javon Bullard, went to the Green Bay Packers with the 58th pick later in the second round.
Senior defensive back Tykee Smith was next off the board for the Bulldogs as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Smith 89th overall in the third round.
With the three defensive backs being selected on Friday night, Georgia has now had multiple defensive backs drafted in four consecutive drafts.
Two more former Bulldogs were selected on the third and final day of the NFL Draft beginning with junior center Sedrick Van Pran, who was selected by the Buffalo Bills as the 141st overall pick (sixth pick of the fifth round). In the following round, senior defensive lineman Zion Logue was selected by the Atlanta Falcons as the 197th overall pick (21st pick of the sixth round).
The Bulldogs finished tied for with two other schools for fourth most players drafted this year with eight.
Bowers was selected 13th overall by the Las Vegas Raiders, followed by Mims going 18th overall to the Cincinnati Bengals. Bowers was the first Georgia tight end selected in the first round since Ben Watson went 32nd overall to the New England Patriots in 2004. Mims became the fifth Georgie offensive lineman drafted in the first round in the Kirby Smart era, following up Broderick Jones (14th overall – Pittsburgh Steelers) last season.
On night two Georgia saw four more players selected, with three of the four players coming from the defensive backfield.
Junior wide receiver Ladd McConkey was selected by the L.A. Chargers as the 34th overall pick (second pick of the second round), marking the top Georgia receiver taken since A.J. Green in 2011 (fourth overall pick, Cincinnati Bengals). Next up was junior defensive back Kamari Lassiter, who went 42nd overall to the Houston Texans as the first Georgia defender to be selected, marking the Texans' first Bulldog selected since 2012. Lassiter's backfield teammate, junior Javon Bullard, went to the Green Bay Packers with the 58th pick later in the second round.
Senior defensive back Tykee Smith was next off the board for the Bulldogs as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Smith 89th overall in the third round.
With the three defensive backs being selected on Friday night, Georgia has now had multiple defensive backs drafted in four consecutive drafts.
Two more former Bulldogs were selected on the third and final day of the NFL Draft beginning with junior center Sedrick Van Pran, who was selected by the Buffalo Bills as the 141st overall pick (sixth pick of the fifth round). In the following round, senior defensive lineman Zion Logue was selected by the Atlanta Falcons as the 197th overall pick (21st pick of the sixth round).
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